Grayson County votes on legal beer in 1933 recall preview
Denison Herald reports a pending Grayson County vote on whether beer sales should continue, recalling the Aug 26 1933 3.2 beer legalization results. It details 1936 county outcomes, Denison strong for beer with 1124 324 margins, Sherman split, and ward swings, plus clergy push to ban and business loss concerns.
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Grayson County
Denison
Sherman
Grayson
Oklahoma
Texas
Denison Herald
O Daniel urges Texans to get religion on radio broadcast
Governor W Lee O Daniel urged Texans to embrace religion as the path to happiness and prosperity. He praised clergy, noted rising church attendance, and urged businessmen to “carry their religion” through the week. He offered a broad call for unity and Christ teachings without discussing politics.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Hall of
House of Representatives
O’daniel
Texas
Christ
NYA Provides Homemaking Course For Rural Girls
Austin reports substantial progress in NYA homemaking training for rural girls. State Youth Director J C Kellam says plans to continue 35 part time Resident Centers after July 1 rely on cooperation with the Homemaking Division of the State Department of Education. Girls live in centers two weeks per month, then return home, while another group occupies the residence. they work part time in public offices and hospitals to earn wages for subsistence and personal needs. They learn budgeting, marketing, diet, cooking, sewing, and related domestic arts under trained supervisors.
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Austin
NYA
J. C. Kellam
State Department of Education
Mr. Kellam
Defeat in the House and Tax Bill Vex State Officials
Several legislators were at the mansion hoping for a statement from the gubernatorial office on the omnibus tax bill before the House. Proponents frame it as the funding vehicle for the state social security program.
Alley alibi joke and looming bus tax bill action
A courtroom joke opens with an alley alibi exchange as the week nears a House vote on an omnibus tax bill expected to raise about 20 million dollars for pensions and social programs. The measure would hike natural resource taxes and add sales taxes on luxuries, utilities, autos, admissions, cigarettes, and inheritances. The session’s end remains uncertain with June 3 adjournment rejected, Lt. Gov. Stevenson predicting at least until June 15. Senate filibusters and political fear delay the fair trades act, while tax remissions to Harris County and eight East Texas counties worsen the state deficit toward 18 million dollars, casting doubt on revenue prospects.
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House
Coke Stevenson
Senate
Texas
Harris County
East Texas
Texas Legislature faces tax stalemate and pension push
In Austin a veteran congressman’s 30-year tenure is noted as the Senate blocks revenue measures seeking a sales tax amendment. A conference report liberalizes pensions, potentially adding 100,000 recipients, while a tuition aid for 100 Latin American students is vetoed by the Governor. Texas officials plan goodwill visits to Mexico and Garner Roosevelts debates spark intraparty scuffles. Mayor Tom Miller faces press scrutiny over permit rules for city papers.
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Austin
Texas
Congress
Senate
Doss Hardin
Penrose Metcalfe
Alvin Allison
Levelland
Cecil Rhodes
Hearne
Mexico City
O'Daniel
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
John Garner
Young Democrats
Dallas
Garner
Roosevelt
Tom Miller
Miller
Gerald Mann
Liberalized pension bill eyed by observers
The bill would cut child considerations for aged need, allow personal property ownership up to 1500 married or 1000 single, and cash 360. If 100000 new pensioners join, state cost rises to 18 million for 15 monthly grants plus 10 million more to raise existing 115000 beneficiaries to 15 dollars. Total for 215000 oldsters nears 40 million. Governors sign likely, risking suspension of federal grants.
Senate confirms Judge Gentry as Highway Commission chair
The Senate unanimously confirms Judge Brady Gentry of Tyler as chairman of the State Highway Commission after a four month fight. Gentry, a three time Smith County Judge and East Texas political candidate, is praised by good roads advocates and officials for continuing the commission’s record since Dan Moody reorganized it while John Wood completes his term as a holdover.
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Senate
Brady Gentry
Tyler
State Highway Commission
Gentry
Good Roads
Smith County
Congress
Texas
Austin
Highway Commission
Dan Moody
John Wood
East Texas
O’daniel
Wrong Window Mixup Sparks Comical Confrontation
A professor struggles with a key at a door and ponders exams when a head appears from a window above. A quarrel erupts as the upstairs resident tells him to leave, while the downstairs man retorts that he is at the wrong window.
Plan Approved For Road To Dam In Sherman
A Sherman citizens mass meeting endorsed a blacktop road to the Denison dam as the top immediate project to boost retail trade and handle expected influx over five years. The plan calls for extending North Travis street eleven miles to join the Denison-Pottsboro belt line, with seven miles rocked and graveled so far. Further work would reach Highway 91 and then the dam, with possible dam access to Oklahoma and WPA or state aid sought.
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Sherman
Denison Dam
Travis Street
Denison-Pottsboro
Oklahoma
Frank Thompson
The
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
Post Office unveils coin operated mailing box in New York
A streamlined coin operated letter box is now in use at the New York General Post Office. The device stamps and mails letters automatically, designed to eliminate the need to buy stamps and rest the tongue. In its debut, it mailed two letters to President Roosevelt after a six cent deposit.
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New York
New York General Post Office
Roosevelt
Guided slot stamped and mailed by dial twist
A fragment notes that items were inserted in a guided slot and, with a twist of a dial, stamped and mailed. The phrasing implies a mechanical mailing process, though no additional names, dates, or places are provided.
Where They Might Be in a Plums Scales Inquiry
A brief humorous exchange unfolds as a mother complains her boy’s weighed two pounds of plums but received only a pound and a half. The reply jokes that the scales are fine and suggests weighing the boy himself to confirm the mismatch.
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